My wisdom tooth removal experience in the middle of Hurricane Isaias
Hello everyone. 34m here I had my lower right wisdom tooth removed on Wednesday and then immediately had to evacuate (twice) for Hurricane Isaias. My experience day by day -
Day 0, wednesday: Went to the ortho for my appointment and was back in the operating room within 30 minutes. I was only given local anesthesia, no gas or sedation. Within 30 minutes of going back there it was over. Absolutely zero pain. The only thing that gave me a slight weird sensation was hearing the tooth get cracked inside of my gums but other than that, pretty easy experience. They gave me aftercare stuff in a little baggy and sent me on my way.
I already had meds from my previous consultation so I immediately went home, packed my stuff, and drove 2 hours north with my mouth bleeding but still numb from the novacaine. Made it to my parents house and the numbess was starting to wear off and it started throbbing endlessly. Doctor called to check on me at some point in the middle of my drive just to be sure I wasnt having any complications. Had to change my gauze out quite a few times through the evening and ice on it constantly. For dinner I ate lukewarm spaghettios from a can and it took me about an hour to eat. Kept it on ice until bedtime and rhen went to bed and slept through the whole night and didnt really have any issues.
Day 1, thursday: Found out we needed to evacuate further due to the storm shifting and getting stronger. So we repacked my things ( I was feeling a bit lethargic from the meds so I only lifted the light stuff) and we headed east to Georgia. I rode wirt my parents due to the painkillers so I had to leave my car behind. Arrived in georgia at about noon, slept most of the ride, only had a mild pain in my mouth, pretty manageable.
Was able to eat some cooked chicken, slowly, on the left side of my mouth, and a chopped up banana. Did a salt water rinse to be cautious. For dinner it was burgers on the grill and I was not willing to give this up so again, I was able to chop it up into tiny pieces and eat on my left side with no issue. Salt water rinsed afterwards. Again, only a mild pain subsisted and it was manageable with just ibuprofen. Slept through the night until...
Day 2, Friday- I woke up with an unbelievable agonizing rash. My hands, feet, and various parts of my arms and legs had broken out with something. I am pretty sure it was due outside factors from the wisdom tooth, but I had to go to urgent care in the morning for a steroid shot and even more meds. I genuinely couldnt move my fingers for a good 4 hours due to how swollen they were and it burned the bottom of my feet to walk. After getting home from urgent care all I wanted to do was sleep from all the meds ive been taking. Still very mild pain in the mouth. Was able to eat some chicken Alfredo for dinner this eating slightly bigger bites. It was around this time the bands of the storm started coming in but it barely affected the place I was staying at. I guess there were some high thunderstorms overnight but I slept through all of it lol.
Day 3, today - My rash has gone down significantly already, thankfully. Unfortunately I slept on my right side overnight somehow so my mouth hurts a lot more than other days. Found out my house had basically no damage due to the storms slight last minute eastward shift but my parents house had multiple trees fall on the roads making it impassable for now...
Currently all medicated up about 300 miles from home. It really sucks but at least for now I have power. I know wisdom tooth stuff is gonna be different for everyone depending on your surgeon but mine was really great.